Keflectob for lights



June 19, 1923.

. E. KISTNER Filed Nov. 28 1921 latened June 19, 1923.

UNITEDKSTATES PATENT FFECE.

CHARLES E. KISTIHEER REFLECTOR Application led November To i/ 1li/mn if muy Fri/wwwa B@ if; known ihfil l. tiiinnns lil. linnn-zn, :l @iti/rn of llw l niwl Stairs. rfhlinix at thee vit): of ("lnif'innnti. in the counti ol' Hamilton :unl Sinti; o? (lhio. hzii'o inirnilil cumin nur mn! no1-fill lniirormiwntn in liv-- lier-t0n for Lights, of which the following is :i spmicntion My im'rnlion belongs to that ohm; of rillwzlo's designed lo vlimixnih: the objm-tionnl glamL of lighty and designed to pl'ojerl tlnf ilill'ia. eil light rays forwardly, horizrintnlli` :unl ilownwnriily, :mil vspm'izilljv' :nlnptzlhle for :ma in (onnfgrtion with thi; lights or lumps l5 of :intoinohilvs unil motor Llrii'un vfhiili's.

I 'iroilncr :i light protieoting ronstrln'tion in. ('i'innncrion with the i'ifllvrting surface ol a i-.liex'\1ox', itx fari: being rorrngntiil virti will)4 with norrngniioiiz. Siliil (forint-alioll being Lfilliptifnlly iiwlinml. :lll lwfhfinnin;r nl. one uomnnin point. nt lhi lioltoni olt filtifil mlrfvt i iii; snrtawv. li writing j-i'm l imllj! to thv (mnu-V olllng'th nl' ywill rorrnfmtion, mail tin-n convoi-ging grml" nnll\v to 'tho @nil ol: Sani ron'i'n,1:llion zinil liliiln to tho one romnion point. or rnll ot ull tho elliptnf vorrngntion, nl: tho lop of' nhl 'loilcrting surface. Those vormt-allions 'ol low lines same as tho triw` nmljinnv)Y nivrnlian lines on the uarths mrl'znu`r or :ipprox'n mately the :i.1n0,

ln my device the rvllvrtor is gnorillml with vorrngntions grooves or I'nrmiw. rxtclnl ing from the Qrtcx ol'Y the*A ivllvvloi to tho lvm: of the reflector ol'` sunl ihiyivv,

In carrying out my inwnlioin I intvri'niit the reflecting fau-e of the ruflwtmin it von. tour, by extendn r therefrom n will or pin-- tition, which reaches to theA lons* mul it i. this Wall or partition whivh is also :i rw Hector, which projects tho light rays to thtl side of the automobile; on om), side of thuy machine` to the left and on tlm otlwr sido ol' the machine to the right. [t will ho ninlvru stood from this Llesription thzit by ming my device the light 1ra-ys nre pro'cutvfl forwardly on the road or street; also lownwurilly unil also laterally; thus tho direction in which the vuhicle is moving will also he apparent whether it he in n, straight line or :L mim-vll line.

By usin r my invention i :un enuhloil to di pensa wit the use of any extraneous construction or moans for turning the lamps, to

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ln Fifi. L this, partition wall i5 trnight amil in Fig. Q. it is inclined. The rorrnirntions B on the relive-tor surface i' in thi iii-wont intmnii. mtvnil over tho tlnL :Mh-flor (fsw lig. 4 pairi struction shown in lf i; tition Wall ifi imhxn-d lho l. l Mini il al; shown in by this construction said partition wull will tend to throw the light rays downwardly to By my construction I ani cnnhlcil by thi-` use of the reflector itseltl to obtain every phase ,0f light rays necilcil during: thtI opY eration of. the automobile.

In Fig. 4 the dotted linwl show lhc dirci-` .tion taken by the light rnys.

While I have desiribcd one pcrilic inmins for carrying my invention into olli-rl. it

will be perfectly apparent that l only nioiiify and change the saine to sonic rxlrnt.

without depairting from the purpose and spirit of my invention.

what I Claim as new and my invention and ire to secure by Letters lntent is:

1. headlight including a rullector provided with Substantially' parallel vertical refici-ting corriigntions, u source of light al'- riingcil oitliin `:iid rofiwtor, i'. lens. und a s|i|i`inntiully irrlirnl roller-ting wall rxtending; troni :i pohition ut onil siih of lhc Source of light :incl l'roni the roficrtor surface to .Huid lrns. mid null living vomir-noted and position-ml so ns to hond :unl lill'nsv sonne of lhiA light rays out of their forwardly extendingV courbe i A headlight :is clninwd in rlainnl in which the reflectingV wnll is provided with bohhtnntiully vertical corrugutions facing toward thu light sourre.

3A ln u rclhnftor of the churzutor described, haring; its rulli-,cling faro crossed by vertii'ully extending' corrugutions or 'the like, hnring :i ronnnon renter for beginning and rniling, und running like thc earths merid inns: said reflecting surface being interrnpt il hy un outwurilly extending .reflecting wull, approximately vertical for bending home of the rays of light 'out if their forwurdly extending course.

eture ovemcI-IARLES E. KISTNERI 1n testimony whereof, I affix my si ut Cincinnati, Ohio, this 23dday of ber, 1921. 

